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The Black Cannon Incident
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The Black Cannon Incident

1985-01-02 · 99 min · ★ 7.6

Drama · Comedy

A mining engineer acting as a technical translator is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. Placed under investigation and reassigned to a less sensitive department, but never informed of the reason for his demotion, he petitions to get his job back, sparking an increasingly obtuse series of Party meetings.

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Directors
Huang Jianxin
Production companies
Xi'an Film Studio
Countries
China
Status
Released

Top Cast

Liu ZifengLiu ZifengZhao Shuxin
Gao MingGao MingLi Renzhong
Yang FengliangYang FengliangChen Hao-xiang
Yang YazhouFeng Liangcai
Wang YiWang YiZhou Yuzhen
Ge HuiWu Kegong
Wang BeilongWang Hongye
Xie WeiXie WeiLiu Yumei
Zhao XiulingZhao's Girlfriend
Gerhard OlschewskiGerhard OlschewskiHans Schmidt

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